---
title: "A-5 zone in Pitt Meadows: Agricultural and Wildlife Management"
place: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/pitt-meadows
zone: A-5
bylaw: City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/a-5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/a-5.json"
---

# A-5 zone in Pitt Meadows: Agricultural and Wildlife Management

Protect the farming areas of the municipality and support efforts to accommodate and foster wildlife.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** Protect the farming areas of the municipality and support efforts to accommodate and foster wildlife.
- **Main uses:** Agriculture; Wildlife Management
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Farm retail sales
- **Minimum lot area:** 16 ha (for subdivision)
- **Minimum lot width:** One-quarter the least depth of the lot (for subdivision)
- **Maximum lot coverage:** Agricultural buildings and structures: 75% greenhouses; 20% apiculture; 35% all other
- **Maximum height:** 15.0 m for agricultural buildings and structures (grain elevators and silos 35 m)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** 9 m front, rear and exterior lot lines; 4.5 m interior lot lines (agricultural buildings and structures, general)
- **Other rules:** Livestock barns, stables and similar: 30 m from front, rear and exterior lot lines, 15 m from interior lot lines, 30 m from residential buildings on adjacent lots; Accessory buildings only for agricultural purposes and only on a lot assessed as "farm" under the Assessment Act; Farm retail sales and processing of farm products allowed if at least 50% of the products come from the farm operation

## Source

- [City of Pitt Meadows Zoning Bylaw No. 2505, 2011 (consolidated to Bylaw 3031, 2025, adopted January 13, 2026), s. 8.5](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-04/Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%202505%2C%202011%20-%20Consolidated%20Version_2.pdf#page=100) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Pitt Meadows: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/zoning/a-5/_